He asked users if he should step down, and they decisively voted 'yes.'
A phone being held showing the twitter poll on screen, in a home in London. Elon Musk looks set to step down from the top job at Twitter after just two months, if he respects the results of an online poll launched on Sunday night. Around 57% of 14 million voters had said that Mr Musk should resign as Twitter chief executive with around three hours to go until the poll closed. Picture date: Monday December 19, 2022. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)
Steve DentSteve Dent|@stevetdent|December 19, 2022 7:10 AM

Musk put his own leadership on the line by launching another one of his famous policy polls yesterday. I don't know if I should step down. He said he would follow the results of the poll. Fifty five percent of users voted "Yes", compared to forty five percent who voted "No", a 15-point difference.

Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2022

It's not clear if Musk will abide by his poll as he hasn't commented on the results. As the saying goes, be careful what you wish, as you might get it, after he published the vote. In a reply to another user on the same thread, he said that no one wants the job who can keep the service alive. There isn't a new person. During the World Cup, Musk was at the tournament with a former White House adviser.

There was a lot of activity on the social networking site. Users will no longer be allowed to link to competing platforms on the social media site. The ban of multiple users, including Paul Graham, was the result of that.

Musk apologized and said there would be a vote for major policy changes. In a poll yesterday, users were asked if there should be a policy prohibiting the creation of or use of existing accounts for the purpose of advertising other social media platforms. The "No" votes have a 87 percent share and are still going strong.

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